Tuesday, 18 April 2017

The Four Quarters East

I recently checked out the
new branch of the Four Quarters in Hackney Wick, East
London.Located by a quiet
canal, it’s a stark contrast to the busy streets of Peckham.

The new venue has a nice
selection of arcade titles. Like the
Peckham branch, the arcade games are set at one quarter per credit, with
quarters available from the bar priced at four for a pound.

The bar is well stocked with
a good selection of draft beers and cocktails.
I even spied some quality Japanese whiskies.

Here are my gaming
highlights.

Donkey Kong – Nintendo - 1981

Donkey Kong cocktail on a
Donkey Kong cocktail cab!

I have recently picked up a
Donkey Kong cab which needs a bit of work, so it was great to get some practice
in. Unfortunately Donkey Kong’s Tropical
Punch didn’t improve my game, but it did contribute to an impressive hangover
the next day.

Narc – Midway – 1988

Take to the streets and kill
all the digitized bad guys as you take on The Drug War. This couldn’t be further from the pixel
perfect precision gameplay of Donkey Kong, and seemed far more agreeable after
a few beers and cocktails. I had wanted
to play Narc ever since seeing it in Shredder’s layer in the original Turtles
movie.

Lucky & Wild – Namco - 1992

Chase H.Q. meets Operation
Wolf in this fantastic Namco classic.

Super Hang-On – Sega AM2 – 1987

It was great to play this Yu
Suzuki ‘Super Scaler’ 80’s classic. I
love the cabinet design.

2 comments:

This looks really good. I've been to the other Four Quarters, overall it was nice but I didn't really like the games on offer. This second one however does have a few of my favourites, so I might pop down to it.

Oh, also the Heart Of Gaming is back open. Can you please do a report on that soon?